MARCH 16, 2017 — Following of the hijacking of the tanker Aris 13, off Puntland, Somalia, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim is urging the shipping industry to diligently apply IMO guidance and best
JANUARY 9, 2017 — Shipowners worldwide have already voiced their concerns over the possible inclusion of shipping in the European Union’s Emission Trading System (see earlier story). Now IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has
DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Dr. Frank Lawrence Wiswall Junior, former Chair of the IMO Legal Committee and Vice President (Honoris Causa) of the Comité Maritime International (CMI), has received the prestigious International
OVEMBER 23, 2016 — The Master of an oil tanker who says she was “just doing her job” has become the first woman to received IMO’s highest IMO bravery recognition after saving
OCTOBER 29, 2016 — IMO says that an important milestone on the road to controlling greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping was achieved by requirements adopted at last week’s meeting of its
OCTOBER 18, 2016 — When it took office Canada’s Trudeau administration said it would formalize a moratorium on crude oil tanker traffic on British Columbia’s North Coast. The recent grounding of the
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 — IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention has at last gained enough signatories to trigger its entry into force. Finland handed its instrument of acceptance to IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim
MAY 16, 2016 — For the first time, IMO has been given a role in auditing and verifying the structural rules developed by classification societies for new-build oil tankers and bulk carriers.
JANUARY 19, 2016 — Back in November, it looked like IMO’s Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention looked like it had finally achieved the necessary ratifications to enter into force. Turns out it
As the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee started a crucial session on GHG reduction targets (MEPC 80), United Nations Secretary Secretary-General António Guterres called for meaningful action and said measures
